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AI News Digest - March 16, 2026

15 stories · March 16, 2026

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Policy

UK Ministry of Defence Insiders Raise National Security Concerns Over Palantir's Data Aggregation

Senior systems engineers within the UK Ministry of Defence have anonymously expressed concerns that Palantir's extensive contracts and data aggregation capabilities pose a national security risk. They argue that Palantir's ability to extract and aggregate metadata allows it to build a comprehensive profile of the nation, potentially inferring top-secret information, even if the UK government owns the raw data.

Sources: via Hacker News

Partnership

Niantic Partners with Coco Robotics to Integrate Pokémon Go-Trained Navigation for Delivery Robots

Niantic Spatial, a division of Pokémon Go developer Niantic, is partnering with Coco Robotics to equip its delivery robots with Niantic's Visual Positioning System (VPS). This collaboration aims to enhance robot navigation accuracy in urban environments by leveraging a vast dataset of images collected from Pokémon Go players.

Sources: via Hacker News

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